My Op-Ed
One of my op-eds highlights why declawing, cropping ears, and docking tails on pets is cruel and unnecessary. These surgeries are purely cosmetic and have no actual benefit for cats or dogs.
Blog Prompt 4
Shows such as The Colbert Report and The Daily Show allow a more general audience to understand and access politics in a way they couldn’t before. They are very easy to grasp and encourage everyday people to have a political opinion. It does further polarization in a way though. These shows are clearly very democratic or very republican in their views. Most people probably only watch the shows that most closely match their political views. This causes them to become further wrapped up in those views and to believe they are right. Instead, people should listen to the other side’s rational argument and formulate their own ideas.
Jackie, this sounds really intriguing! I grew up with dogs and we never would have even thought to crop their ears or dock their tails. It seems absolutely unnecessary and cruel to me, so I think we're on the same page, but it might be interesting to hear why someone supports such things.
ReplyDeleteI had little to no experience with cats growing up because my dad and brother are both very allergic. Still to this day, it scares me a bit to be around cats because I find their behavior to be a lot more unpredictable than dogs'. My partner has two cats that are great and they are NOT declawed, though, honestly, I think I prefer to be around cats that are because of my fear of their unpredictability. I've heard that declawing a cat is similar to removing a person's finger tips are the first knuckle, which sounds incredibly cruel when put that way, but again, I'd be interested in learning more on both sides of that debate!